Job summary

• To work as an autonomous, advanced practitioner and effectively deliver an expert nursing service within the specialist area.
• To effectively manage a caseload of patients/clients.
• To ensure that patients and their families are fully informed and supported by providing clinical and social support.
• To assist in the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines.
• To establish clear lines of communication within the specialty team to ensure cohesive multidisciplinary management of patients.
• To link with healthcare teams in order to increase knowledge and facilitate the care of this group of people in all healthcare settings.

Main duties of the job

A vacancy has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, assertive and committed Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join the Inpatient Pain Service here at St George's Hospital, South West London. We are a large teaching hospital as well as a regional trauma centre and a tertiary referral centre for a broad range of surgical specialties.

Our mission is 'to provide a service devoted to the highest level of individualised, holistic care and to create awareness among staff of the services and education we provide.' Many patients with pain have highly complex needs due to multiple pathologies and psycho/social issues, which can be challenging and require expert input from our specialist team.

We are a resource for advice, education and support for all clinical staff, aiming to provide excellent evidence based care.

The successful candidate: will be an advanced practitioner either through formal qualification and/or extensive clinical experience pertinent to the field of pain management; have the ability to organise their time efficiently and be able to work independently as well as part of a team to provide timely and appropriate pain management.

Demonstrate excellent communication skills with patients and members of the MDT; have experience in preparing teaching, presenting and audit.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.